Wind Should Be Heard Not Seen
Wind Should Be Heard Not Seen
2017
Credit: Claire Sanford
What does the air we breathe tell to us?
Desertification is the process, in which natural resources are impaired or destroyed, in areas that are already relatively dry. Over-intensive human use of those areas accelerates and intensifies Desertification. Water shortages and erosion of salt, sand the soil are the problematic outcome. Sand is spread by the wind and destroys the infrastructure; the land becomes deserted.
The documentary Wind Should Be Heard Not Seen, from Canadian filmmaker Claire Sanford, discusses these developments in lyrical images and slow narrative style. She chooses different perspectives, by accompanying individuals that directly have to deal with the consequences of desertification and pollution. Bringing those individual stories together, Sanfords short film shapes a global narrative. Wind, and water as its oceanic motor, become bearers of an ominous message. It connects different cultures, societies and ways of life.
Wind Should Be Heard Not Seen, based on a similar Mongolian proverb, also testifies human adaptability in times of extreme climatic change. The question comes to mind, whether we as humans, created a superhuman task to deal with polluted air and aggressive winds.
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The film program is presented in partnership with Imagine Science Films (ISF), New York, an international platform spreading new and experimental works at the interface between science and film.